Niger: Dozens killed in Niger village attack

NAIMEY, 18 August 2021, (TON): Ministry of Interior has said that more than 30 people were killed in a rebel attack in the West African country of Niger.

According to the ministry “armed assailants on motorcycles attacked the village of Darey Dey in the Tillaberi region close to the border with Mali on Monday and killed 37 people, including 14 children.”

The assailants attacked as people were working in the fields, a local official told media.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack but several armed groups linked to al-Qaeda or ISIL (ISIS) are active in the region.

Rated the world’s poorest country by the UN’s Human Development Index, Niger lies in the heart of the arid Sahel region of West Africa, which is battling a nine-year-old rebellion.

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